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Tuesday, 29 September 2026
13 facts about tears
13 facts about tears
Multipurpose liquid
Associated with emotions, tears are a product of lacrimal glands, found in the eyes of most terrestrial vertebrates. Although their primary function i ...

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Anorexia Nervosa
Trauma is also a risk factor for anorexia-there is a link between traumatic events and an eating disorder diagnosis.
Approximately 72 percent of people with anorexia report a traumatic event before the onset of eating ...
Graphene
Carbon is capable of creating many allotropes due to its valence.
In nature, it occurs in large quantities in basically only three allotropic varieties: graphite, dia ...
Earth
Although it's hard to believe, the Earth's crust consists of 47 percent oxygen.
It is trapped in the soil in the form of various oxides, the most common of which are: silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, and iron oxide.
Enceladus
Enceladus was discovered by William Herschel on August 28, 1789.
Phobos
It is the closest orbiting moon in the Solar System.
It orbits Mars faster than it rotates, completing an orbit in 7 hours and 39 minutes.
Phobos
There is a ridge on the surface of the moon, called the Kepler Dorsum.
It was named after the German astronomer, Johannes Kepler.
Titan
Most of the dunes are located near the equator.
They stretch for hundreds of kilometers, and their height reaches 100 meters. Unlike Earth’s, Titan’s dunes are made of organic compounds.
Enceladus
It is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn.
lava
Theoretically, magma can only be studied after it has become lava.
However, in situ magma has been encountered in geothermal drilling on three occasions - twice in Iceland and once in Hawaii.
Mushrooms
Mushrooms are of great importance in the development of civilization, due to their key role in making bread and wine.
Many species of fungi are used in food production: bread, spirits, cheeses. Some of them, like Penic ...